Spelt Cinnamon and Honey Cake with a Honey Butter Drizzle
Ingredients
Apple sauce (see note 2)
- 2 medium sized apples (peeled and chopped)
- 50ml (3½ tbs) water
Cake:
- 1 tablespoon butter (melted, for the pan)
- 160g (1¾ cups) spelt flour (see note 1)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 egg (medium)
- 150g (½ cup + 2 tbs) homemade applesauce (see note 2)
- 125ml (½ cup) milk
- 60ml (¼ cup) honey
Honey butter drizzle (see note 3):
- 20g (1 tbsp + 1 tsp) butter
- 20g (1 tbs) honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
Apple sauce:
- Add the apples to a pan with just enough water to cover them.
- Gently heat for around 10 minutes, just until they are nice and soft.
- Using a fork or potato masher, mash the apples until they are a thick sauce (it is okay to still have some small lumps).
Cake:
- Pre-heat the oven to 175℃ (350℉). Melt the butter and brush over a bundt tin. Mine was just over a litre (35 fluid ounces) in capacity.
- Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and then add the other wet ingredients.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir just until everything is combined (do not over work).
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for around 40 minutes (you may need to cover the cake with some foil for the last ten minutes or so). The cake is ready when an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Leave in the pan for around ten minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Leave until cooled.
Honey butter drizzle (see note 3):
- Melt the butter and honey until it bubbles, then add the cinnamon.
- Heat for a couple of minutes until the mixture starts to thicken.
- Remove from the heat, and allow to cool.
- When cooled, drizzle over the cake. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
I have converted grams to cups/ounces/tablespoons using online converters. Although I have no reason to believe they are inaccurate, please be aware that I have not made this recipe with imperial measurements.
- You can do a straight swap with regular flour in place of spelt flour.
- I chose to make my apple sauce to avoid any unwanted additives, but for convenience, you could absolutely use jarred apple sauce (or pureed apples).
- If you would like more drizzle, just double the measurements.
